Associate Research Scientist

Columbia University
$77,000- $77,000
United States, New York, New York
535 West 116th Street (Show on map)
Jan 26, 2025
Columbia University in the City of New York: Columbia University Irving Medical Center: Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons: Taub Institute Location 02 Open Date Dec 19, 2023 Salary Range or Pay Grade $77,000- $77,000 Description The Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the aging brain is seeking a talented and highly motivated scientist to start up and run an internationally competitive research programme on microglial biology in Alzheimer's disease. The scienist would be employing cutting-edge tools including multi-omics, organoids, integration with ongoing human clinical and neuropathological phenotyping, genetics and AI/ML interrogation of large publicly available multi-omics data sets curated at Columbia and elsewhere. Qualifications PhD or equivalent with two or more years experience in one or more of the following themes: experience in standard molecular and cell biology, live cell and fixed cell microscopy, experience generation of microglia from iPSCs or other sources; experience in microglial biology (appropriate functional output assays such as phagocytosis, cell migration); experience in building multicellular organoids experience in generating and analysing multi-omics data (transcriptomics, lipidomics and metabolomics) and spatial transcriptomics/proteomics; * proven ability to work collaboratively within small teams. Application Instructions Interested applicants must submit and application and a CV